Nursing-bottle



(No Model.)

M. VESSEL.

NURSING BOTTLE. No. 371,005. Patented Oct. 4;. 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MARTIN VESSEL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

NURSING-BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,005, dated October 4;, 1887.

Application filed May 6, 1887. Serial No. 237,306. (No model.

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARTIN VEssEL, a subject of the King of Roumania, having resided one year last past in the United States and declared my intention of becoming a citizen thereof, and residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have in vented a new and useful Improvement in Nu rsing-Bottles, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists, essentially, in forming a nursing-bottle, whereby it may be held by the child, and the nursing may be accomplished at the side of the bottle, both in most convenient manner.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a nursing-bottleembodyingmyinvention. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in the two figures.

Referring to the drawings, Arepresents the body of the bottle, which is of cylindrical form and of uniform diameter, having an approxi mately hemispherical lower end with flattened base, and on its side, adjacent to said end, a branch, 0, for attachment of the nipple D. On

the periphery of the body, near the open end thereof, is a groove, E, for connection of a cord, ribbon, 820., as at F, whereby the bottle may be suspended from the neck of achild.

It will be seen that the body A may be readily grasped and held bya child while the nip pleis in its mouth, these operations being accomplished in a most convenient manner.

It will also be seen that I dispense with the well-known long rubber tubes and obviate the necessity of overturning the bottle, usual where a nipple is attached to the open end thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A nursing-bottle having a cylindrical body with aside nipple branch, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A nursingbottle having a body with a nipple branch at the side and a peripheral groove near the upper end, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

MARTIN VESSEL.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM, A. P. JENNINGS. 

